How’s it going Youtbe I am Landon Dowlatsingh and welcome back to another most amazing top
10 video.
Right now there are tens of thousands of innocent people behind bars.
Thousands of those people of just kids and teenagers.
Its just seems like such a corrupt system if so many people are serving decades in prison
for crimes they didn’t commit.
This is why I believe this saying.
You can say you will never in your life time commit a crime, but you can never say you
will never be framed or convicted of a crime.
Ok so lets get right into this list, this is the top 10 innocent kids sentenced to live
in prison part 2.
For part 1 click right over here.
Ok starting us off at number 10 we have, DeMarlo Berry who has been in prison for the past
22 yrs well now for the first time he has proven his innocent but it was a long and
hard fight.
DeMarlo was convicted of murdering someone in the Carls Jr.
Parking lot.
The trial was lengthy and after 22 yrs it was proben that a government witness lied
to the jury that lead them to convict him to life in prison.
I couldn’t imagine this guys mindset, being in prison for over 2 decades for not doing
anything wrong.
Moving into number 9.
We have a Chicago man Patrick Prince who was found innocent after spending 26 yrs in prison.
He was just 19 yrs old back in 1991 when he was convicted or murder.
Patrick actually confessed to this murder but when the innocent project stepped into
this case it was proven that he was physically and verbally abused until he falsely confessed
into murdering someone.
It was corrupt detectives and police officer that cause Patrick to serve almost 3 decades
behind bars while an innocent people enjoyed his morning coffees thinking about murdering
again.
Because why not they got away with this one so messed up.
A kid who served 42 yrs in prison before he proved his innocents is up next at number
8.
This right here is Juneal Pratt who was convicted of rape back in 1975.
During trial the jury felt like their was enough evidence to convict Juneal.
He was sentenced with a back to back sentenced for a total of 90 yrs in prison.
Is this real life right now I think that’s inhumane.
I do believe in reform, and a second chance if deemed no longer a threat to society.
I think the longest sentence should be maybe 25 yrs with a chance of parole.
Well as soon as technology came around and there was DNA tests it was easily proven that
Juneal was indeed the wrong guy.
Really sad story.
Number 7.
John Horton has just been exonerated from prison after spending 23 yrs behind bars as
an innocent person.
When John was 17 yrs old he was convicted of murder at a locan McDonalds.
After a 10 hour interrogation he actually confessed to the murder because he broke down.
There is actually a documentary showing thousands of people confessing to murders they didn’t
commit because they can’t handle the interrogation.
They break down and just tell the interrogator what they want to hear.
Well this is what happened in this case.
It took 23 yrs to prove that this kid was innocent and didn’t kill anyone.
It’s a very tragedy story.
Number 6.
We have a case that is still going on today and has been in the news lately.
This right here is 58 yr old Roy Watford who says he is innocent of the crime they say
he committed 40 yrs ago.
Roy was convicted of a rape, and had the decision to plea guilty to try and take a lesser sentence.
So during the trial he pleaded guilty but he was still given a very harsh sentence.
Roy was also dignosed with a intellectual disability so he wasn’t really able to understand
things.
So now he wants a re-trial and to be tested with DNA because he claims he didn’t even
get in contact with the person raped and they have the wrong person.
17 yr old at the time Charles Lamont Lewis has been wrongfully incarcerated for 41 yrs
for a crime he did not commit.
He comes in to number 5.
Charles was sentenced to life without parole for killing an off-duty police officer back
in 1976.
This is a really crazy story but it took 41 yrs to uncover the truth.
So this took place in Detriot and the police officer’s partner and a number of other
eye witnesses identified the real killer at the scene but that man was released by a corrupt
Detriot Police sergeant who later frame Charles Lewis for the murder.
He was probably given a ton of money.
So it took over 40 yrs to prove that.
Its hard to go against a Police Sergeant who is supposed to be a very trusted individual
who is supposed to fight on the side of the law.
I feel really bad for this guy who lost his whole life, and I bet he was just awarded
10 grand.
Not saying that any amount of money would make this justifiable but I think he should
sue Detroit for everything they have although these days its not much.
And for that police sergeant he is probably long dead by now.
16 yr old Giovanni Reid comes up next at number 4.
Giovanni has been innocent for over 25 yrs.
He was serving a juvenile life without parole sentence for a 1991 robbery and shooting of
a pre-med student.
Giovanni has a plea deal he accepted a 25 yr life sentence which is crazy to he has
to admit to committing a crime just so he doesn’t get the death penalty.
So he took the deal but later he spoke out about his story and how he is innocent.
There was huge controversy that surrounded this case due to a lot of cover-ups discovered
in this case.
There is a documentary about Giovanni.
Next up at Number 3, we have Shareef Cousin who is an African- American born in New Orleans.
He was wrongfully convicted of first- degree murder and was sentenced to death as a juvenile.
He was just 17 yrs old at the time and he became the youngest condemned convict to be
put on death row in Lousiana, and one of the youngest in the united states.
Shareef was convicted almost solely on a eyewitness, there was no physical evidence that linked
this kid to the crime.
Shareed was almost killed by the death penalty for this murder but it was during his case
that a small detail was discovered.
The eyewitness couldn’t have clearly seen the shooter of this murder because she needs
glasses and during the time of questioning on the scene by police she was not wearing
glasses, also another witness confessed that he was coerced to falsely implicate this teenager.
The DA quickly dropped this case and the kid was free to go.
Terrance Lewis has lived such a crazy life so let’s talk about him at number 2.
Terrance was 17 yrs old when he was convicted of murder and he was sentenced as an adult
and was sent to life in prison for second- degree murder.
This took place in Philidelphia and this case has gone to many courts and one judge actually
said he belives Terrance to be innocent from all of the evidence that was presented in
front of him but its up to the jury to decide the faith of Terrance.
Terrance has been in jail since 1996 keeping his innocents.
While lawyers, and prosecutors looked into this case they found very little evidence
against this kid, and there was a very creditable witness that said Terrance wasn’t even at
the location of the murder but for some reason this kid is still left in prison.
There has been a legal team that took on his case as a pro bono meaning no one has to pay
for legal fees they will do it for free.
They did this because after looking into the case they couldn’t believe that this kid
is still in prison.
Finally at number 1 we have Sharun Thomas who has just been released after spending
24 yrs in prison for a crime he did not commit.
He was accused of murder back in 1990 when he was a teenager.
The legal process for many of these cases can take years to complete.
For this guy it took 24 yrs to prove he didn’t kill anyone.
I think its ridiculous.
So for 24 yrs an innocent person was in prison for life while the murder was living his life,
something is for sure wrong with the justice system.
Well there you guys have it.